Via Domitia
The Via Domitia was the first Roman road built in Gaul, to link Italy and Hispania through Gallia Narbonensis, across what is now Southern France. The route that the Romans regularised and paved was ancient when they set out to survey it, and traces the mythic route travelled by Heracles.The construction of the road was commissioned by Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, whose name it bore, following the defeat of the Allobroges and Averni by himself and Quintus Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus in 122 BCE. Domitius also established a fortified garrison at Narbo (modern Narbonne) on the coast, near Hispania, to guard construction of the road. It soon developed into a full Roman colony ''Colonia Narbo Martius''. The lands on the western part of the route, beyond the River Rhône had been under the control of the Averni who, according to Strabo, had stretched their control to Narbo and the Pyrenees.
Crossing the Alps by the easiest passage, the Col de Montgenèvre (1850 m), the Via Domitia followed the valley of the Durance, crossed the Rhône at Beaucaire passed through Nîmes (Nemausus) then followed the coastal plain along the Gulf of Lion. At Narbonne, it met the Via Aquitania (which led toward the Atlantic Ocean through Toulouse and Bordeaux). Thus Narbonne was a crucial strategic crossroads of the Via Domitia and the Via Aquitania, and it was an accessible, but easily defensible port at that time. This "cusp point" in the Roman westwards expansion and ensuing supply, communication and fortification was a very important asset, and was treated as such (see Narbonne). In between the cities that it linked, the Via Domitia was provided with a series of ''mansiones'' at distances of a day's journey for a loaded cart, at which shelter, provender and fresh horses could be obtained for travellers on official business.
The route as it was in Late Antiquity is represented in schematic fashion on the ''Tabula Peutingeriana''. Provided by Wikipedia
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2561by Morard, Raphaël, Darling, Kate, Weiner, Agnes, Hassenrück, Christiane, Vanni, Chiara, Cordier, Tristan, Henry, Nicolas, Greco, Mattia, Vollmar, Nele, Milivojevic, Tamara, Rahman, Shirin Nurshan, Siccha, Michael, Meilland, Julie, Jonkers, Lukas, Quillévéré, Frédéric, Escarguel, Gilles, Douady, Christophe, de Garidel-Thoron, Thibault, de Vargas, Colomban, Kucera, MichalContributors: “...Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE)...”
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2562by Baca, Mateusz, Popović, Danijela, Lemanik, Anna, Bañuls-Cardona, Sandra, Conard, Nicholas J., Cuenca-Bescós, Gloria, Desclaux, Emmanuel, Fewlass, Helen, Garcia, Jesus T., Hadravova, Tereza, Heckel, Gerald, Horáček, Ivan, Knul, Monika Vlasta, Lebreton, Loïc, López-García, Juan Manuel, Luzi, Elisa, Marković, Zoran, Mauch Lenardić, Jadranka, Murelaga, Xabier, Noiret, Pierre, Petculescu, Alexandru, Popov, Vasil, Rhodes, Sara E., Ridush, Bogdan, Royer, Aurélien, Stewart, John R., Stojak, Joanna, Talamo, Sahra, Wang, Xuejing, Wójcik, Jan M., Nadachowski, AdamContributors: “...Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-Centre...”
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2563by Baca, Mateusz, Popović, Danijela, Lemanik, Anna, Bañuls-Cardona, Sandra, Conard, Nicholas J., Cuenca-Bescós, Gloria, Desclaux, Emmanuel, Fewlass, Helen, Garcia, Jesus T., Hadravova, Tereza, Heckel, Gerald, Horáček, Ivan, Knul, Monika Vlasta, Lebreton, Loïc, López-García, Juan Manuel, Luzi, Elisa, Marković, Zoran, Mauch Lenardić, Jadranka, Murelaga, Xabier, Noiret, Pierre, Petculescu, Alexandru, Popov, Vasil, Rhodes, Sara E., Ridush, Bogdan, Royer, Aurélien, Stewart, John R., Stojak, Joanna, Talamo, Sahra, Wang, Xuejing, Wójcik, Jan M., Nadachowski, AdamContributors: “...Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-Centre...”
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2564by Baca, Mateusz, Popović, Danijela, Lemanik, Anna, Bañuls-Cardona, Sandra, Conard, Nicholas J., Cuenca-Bescós, Gloria, Desclaux, Emmanuel, Fewlass, Helen, Garcia, Jesus T., Hadravova, Tereza, Heckel, Gerald, Horáček, Ivan, Knul, Monika Vlasta, Lebreton, Loïc, López-García, Juan Manuel, Luzi, Elisa, Marković, Zoran, Mauch Lenardić, Jadranka, Murelaga, Xabier, Noiret, Pierre, Petculescu, Alexandru, Popov, Vasil, Rhodes, Sara E., Ridush, Bogdan, Royer, Aurélien, Stewart, John R., Stojak, Joanna, Talamo, Sahra, Wang, Xuejing, Wójcik, Jan M., Nadachowski, AdamContributors: “...Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-Centre...”
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2565by Baca, Mateusz, Popović, Danijela, Lemanik, Anna, Bañuls-Cardona, Sandra, Conard, Nicholas J., Cuenca-Bescós, Gloria, Desclaux, Emmanuel, Fewlass, Helen, Garcia, Jesus T., Hadravova, Tereza, Heckel, Gerald, Horáček, Ivan, Knul, Monika Vlasta, Lebreton, Loïc, López-García, Juan Manuel, Luzi, Elisa, Marković, Zoran, Mauch Lenardić, Jadranka, Murelaga, Xabier, Noiret, Pierre, Petculescu, Alexandru, Popov, Vasil, Rhodes, Sara E., Ridush, Bogdan, Royer, Aurélien, Stewart, John R., Stojak, Joanna, Talamo, Sahra, Wang, Xuejing, Wójcik, Jan M., Nadachowski, AdamContributors: “...Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-Centre...”
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2566by Baca, Mateusz, Popović, Danijela, Lemanik, Anna, Bañuls-Cardona, Sandra, Conard, Nicholas J., Cuenca-Bescós, Gloria, Desclaux, Emmanuel, Fewlass, Helen, Garcia, Jesus T., Hadravova, Tereza, Heckel, Gerald, Horáček, Ivan, Knul, Monika Vlasta, Lebreton, Loïc, López-García, Juan Manuel, Luzi, Elisa, Marković, Zoran, Mauch Lenardić, Jadranka, Murelaga, Xabier, Noiret, Pierre, Petculescu, Alexandru, Popov, Vasil, Rhodes, Sara E., Ridush, Bogdan, Royer, Aurélien, Stewart, John R., Stojak, Joanna, Talamo, Sahra, Wang, Xuejing, Wójcik, Jan M., Nadachowski, AdamContributors: “...Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-Centre...”
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2567by Somot, Samuel, Houpert, Loïc, Sevault, Florence, Testor, Pierre, Bosse, Anthony, Taupier-Letage, Isabelle, Bouin, Marie-Noëlle, Waldman, Robin, Cassou, Christophe, Sanchez-Gomez, Emilia, Durrieu de Madron, Xavier, Adloff, Fanny, Nabat, Pierre, Herrmann, MarineContributors: “...Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)...”
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2568by Royo-Llonch, Marta, Sánchez, Pablo, Ruiz-González, Clara, Salazar, Guillem, Pedrós-Alió, Carlos, Sebastián, Marta, Labadie, Karine, Paoli, Lucas, M. Ibarbalz, Federico, Zinger, Lucie, Churcheward, Benjamin, Chaffron, Samuel, Eveillard, Damien, Karsenti, Eric, Sunagawa, Shinichi, Wincker, Patrick, Karp-Boss, Lee, Bowler, Chris, Acinas, SilviaContributors: “...Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE)...”
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2569by Royo-Llonch, Marta, Sánchez, Pablo, Ruiz-González, Clara, Salazar, Guillem, Pedrós-Alió, Carlos, Sebastián, Marta, Labadie, Karine, Paoli, Lucas, M. Ibarbalz, Federico, Zinger, Lucie, Churcheward, Benjamin, Chaffron, Samuel, Eveillard, Damien, Karsenti, Eric, Sunagawa, Shinichi, Wincker, Patrick, Karp-Boss, Lee, Bowler, Chris, Acinas, SilviaContributors: “...Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE)...”
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2570by Royo-Llonch, Marta, Sánchez, Pablo, Ruiz-González, Clara, Salazar, Guillem, Pedrós-Alió, Carlos, Sebastián, Marta, Labadie, Karine, Paoli, Lucas, M. Ibarbalz, Federico, Zinger, Lucie, Churcheward, Benjamin, Chaffron, Samuel, Eveillard, Damien, Karsenti, Eric, Sunagawa, Shinichi, Wincker, Patrick, Karp-Boss, Lee, Bowler, Chris, Acinas, SilviaContributors: “...Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE)...”
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2571by Ibarbalz, Federico, M, Henry, Nicolas, Mahé, Frédéric, Ardyna, Mathieu, Zingone, Adriana, Scalco, Eleonora, Lovejoy, Connie, Lombard, Fabien, Jaillon, Olivier, Iudicone, Daniele, Malviya, Shruti, Sullivan, Matthew, B, Chaffron, Samuel, Karsenti, Eric, Babin, Marcel, Boss, Emmanuel, Wincker, Patrick, Zinger, Lucie, de Vargas, Colomban, Bowler, Chris, Karp-Boss, LeeContributors: “...Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE)...”
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2572by Kaneko, Hiroto, Endo, Hisashi, Henry, Nicolas, Berney, Cédric, Mahé, Frédéric, Poulain, Julie, Labadie, Karine, Beluche, Odette, El Hourany, Roy, Chaffron, Samuel, Wincker, Patrick, Nakamura, Ryosuke, Karp-Boss, Lee, Boss, Emmanuel, Bowler, Chris, de Vargas, Colomban, Tomii, Kentaro, Ogata, HiroyukiContributors: “...Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE)...”
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2574by Ibarbalz, Federico, M, Henry, Nicolas, Mahé, Frédéric, Ardyna, Mathieu, Zingone, Adriana, Scalco, Eleonora, Lovejoy, Connie, Lombard, Fabien, Jaillon, Olivier, Iudicone, Daniele, Malviya, Shruti, Sullivan, Matthew, B, Chaffron, Samuel, Karsenti, Eric, Babin, Marcel, Boss, Emmanuel, Wincker, Patrick, Zinger, Lucie, de Vargas, Colomban, Bowler, Chris, Karp-Boss, LeeContributors: “...Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE)...”
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2575by Ibarbalz, Federico, M, Henry, Nicolas, Mahé, Frédéric, Ardyna, Mathieu, Zingone, Adriana, Scalco, Eleonora, Lovejoy, Connie, Lombard, Fabien, Jaillon, Olivier, Iudicone, Daniele, Malviya, Shruti, Sullivan, Matthew, B, Chaffron, Samuel, Karsenti, Eric, Babin, Marcel, Boss, Emmanuel, Wincker, Patrick, Zinger, Lucie, de Vargas, Colomban, Bowler, Chris, Karp-Boss, LeeContributors: “...Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE)...”
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2576by Ibarbalz, Federico, M, Henry, Nicolas, Mahé, Frédéric, Ardyna, Mathieu, Zingone, Adriana, Scalco, Eleonora, Lovejoy, Connie, Lombard, Fabien, Jaillon, Olivier, Iudicone, Daniele, Malviya, Shruti, Sullivan, Matthew, B, Chaffron, Samuel, Karsenti, Eric, Babin, Marcel, Boss, Emmanuel, Wincker, Patrick, Zinger, Lucie, de Vargas, Colomban, Bowler, Chris, Karp-Boss, LeeContributors: “...Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE)...”
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2577by Ibarbalz, Federico, M, Henry, Nicolas, Mahé, Frédéric, Ardyna, Mathieu, Zingone, Adriana, Scalco, Eleonora, Lovejoy, Connie, Lombard, Fabien, Jaillon, Olivier, Iudicone, Daniele, Malviya, Shruti, Sullivan, Matthew, B, Chaffron, Samuel, Karsenti, Eric, Babin, Marcel, Boss, Emmanuel, Wincker, Patrick, Zinger, Lucie, de Vargas, Colomban, Bowler, Chris, Karp-Boss, LeeContributors: “...Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE)...”
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2578by Ibarbalz, Federico, M, Henry, Nicolas, Mahé, Frédéric, Ardyna, Mathieu, Zingone, Adriana, Scalco, Eleonora, Lovejoy, Connie, Lombard, Fabien, Jaillon, Olivier, Iudicone, Daniele, Malviya, Shruti, Sullivan, Matthew, B, Chaffron, Samuel, Karsenti, Eric, Babin, Marcel, Boss, Emmanuel, Wincker, Patrick, Zinger, Lucie, de Vargas, Colomban, Bowler, Chris, Karp-Boss, LeeContributors: “...Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE)...”
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2579by Ibarbalz, Federico, M, Henry, Nicolas, Mahé, Frédéric, Ardyna, Mathieu, Zingone, Adriana, Scalco, Eleonora, Lovejoy, Connie, Lombard, Fabien, Jaillon, Olivier, Iudicone, Daniele, Malviya, Shruti, Sullivan, Matthew, B, Chaffron, Samuel, Karsenti, Eric, Babin, Marcel, Boss, Emmanuel, Wincker, Patrick, Zinger, Lucie, de Vargas, Colomban, Bowler, Chris, Karp-Boss, LeeContributors: “...Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE)...”
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2580by Kaneko, Hiroto, Endo, Hisashi, Henry, Nicolas, Berney, Cédric, Mahé, Frédéric, Poulain, Julie, Labadie, Karine, Beluche, Odette, El Hourany, Roy, Chaffron, Samuel, Wincker, Patrick, Nakamura, Ryosuke, Karp-Boss, Lee, Boss, Emmanuel, Bowler, Chris, de Vargas, Colomban, Tomii, Kentaro, Ogata, HiroyukiContributors: “...Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE)...”
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